Ellen Cohn

Born & raised in New York City to parents Edward Brown and Beatrice Gardner, Ellen attended Bentley High School and later graduated from Adelphi College with a Bachelors Degree. She had a life-long career as a “shoe lady” working in retail selling lady’s shoes-most recently at Neiman Marcus for over 20 years where she was dedicated to service excellence. After raising a family in Scarsdale, she moved to White Plains and was a valued member to her Cooperative community. Ellen is survived by her loving daughter, Jody Hirsch, & son-in-law, Steven Hirsch, and her pride-and-joy grandchildren, Jordan Hirsch & Joelle Hirsch Goldstein; her devoted son, James Cohn, and daughter, Amy Cohn Lee, & her husband, Frank Lee; her brother, Ed Brown, and cousins, Mara & Peter Shacker. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, September 21st at Ballard-Durand Funeral Home at 10:00am. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to either of the following two charities that were very dear to Ellen: CAPE VERDEANS UNITED ORGANIZATION, 3 Jared Road, South Windsor, CT 07064 or cvunited.org, and CHUBBY’S REST WAYSTATION & SANCTUARY FOR ANIMALS, 316 Bishop Avenue, Mamaroneck, N.Y. 10543 (www.chubbysrest.org).